How To Clean Your Gaming PC! (2022 Update)

Today I'll be showing you my updated version of how to clean your pc with some new effective methods like an air duster vs the conventional canned air!

💨Air Dusters I Recommend:

Keeping your Gaming PC physically clean of dust and other grime is just as important as keeping your PC safe from viruses! If you do not routinely clean your PC then it can lead to poor air flow and potentially thermal throttling which could be a reason you are experiencing frame drops or worst performance then usual! Its a very simple and easy process so don't overthink it, as explained in the video you can clean your pc with canned or compressed air, an air dust, leaf blower, Shopvac or whatever else you feel like using just make sure to take the proper precautions when doing so. Goodluck!

Check out all the PC Tech I use and also my gear I use in creating content:

[jorgeandrespalma]

Extra tip: Use qtips to remove dust that might not come off with an air duster. This is especially true if you haven't cleaned your pc in a while as dirt tends to get stickier. You can also use isoporpil alcohol to clean non-electrical things such as the case plastics and/or tainted glass

[JohnJacobson]

I come from 2024 and I want to say that thanks to this video I did a good maintenance on my PC myself, so thanks, I just need to fix something in the office and my PC will be functional again.

[leonardsmith]

Just letting you know 2 years later this video is still helping people out! I thought it was super complicated and you had to disassemble everything and was intimidated, but this shows how simple and quick it really is! Thank you!

[DDPS]

Cleaning my pc for the first time and this video made me feel more confident. Thanks for updating your old videos. Buying an air duster off Amazon tonight

[DJNightcoreHD]

Just purchased myself the Dorobeen air duster you recommended in this video.
I clean my PC every 3 months or so using a compressed air can. I can't wait till the Dorobeen arrives so I can get a better cleaning, than what compressed air cans can do.
Edit: Thanks for recommending the Dorobeen! The best PC cleaning tool you can and should invest in! My PC is spotless!

[crosshair]

Me who has a pc that I haven’t cleaned in 7 years

[softrealms]

Thank you for the updated version! I have never cleaned out my pc. im scared to open it lol

[Wyrmixx]

I didn't know it could be this simple, thank you!

I haven't cleaned my pc since it was built roughly 2 years ago, and just recently I've been thinking of cleaning it. I'm scared of disassembling it and not knowing how to put it back together

[swolbadguy]

Thanks for this video, I just ordered some compressed air before watching it, but was nervous about actually getting the cleaning done, this has made me feel a lot more confident about it

[elnewbie]

I clean my every 3 months because is on top of my gaming table, which means less dust gets there and also because my pc has enough space to breath well and has a lot of vents, tho I check it monthly to see how is the dust inside. I'd say compressed air cans is still the easiest and cheapest way.

[ejgames]

From personal experience please dont use the leaf blower 😭

[TylerPutnam.]

I had that same air blower in my amazon wish list for a while now since building my first pc good to see that its recommended, I'm planning on getting it hopefully soon

[Eyeofra]

Should we not use a hoover to suck the dust away rather then blowing it to another part of the internals ?

[mikfhan]

I read somewhere also you should at most use 20 PSI pressure for PC cleaning, otherwise you might over time loosen the capacitors and other components on the motherboard/graphics card, even if you're careful to only blow air into the heatspreader fins. I have an old graphics card that suffered exactly from this -1 capacitor :P

[mrsam]

What about electro magnetic damage to HDDs and other pc components while using electric cleaners ?

[cloroxbleach]

I use a foam cleaning agent for the case on the outside, a hairdryer for the inside with the help of my mom's old makeup brush...it's called improvising, ladies and gentlemen...Oh, and for those of you who are like me and clean their PC once per year, make sure to remove the huge dust clots Inside the GPU fans, real mean sons of guns these are...Oh, and don't forget about our trusty cleaner, the q-tip brushes, they can clean small areas and openings in your PC

[CrqazyIWasCrazyOnce]

I don’t even have the courage to take off the glass part to get to any of that cause I don’t wanna break it

[AzazelBathory]

I usually don’t like green that much but I loveee your green setup, I feel it gives such a natural vibe they probably makes your room super comfy

[mattheath]

i didnt even know that rechargeable air duster was a thing! I'm buying one now to clean off my pc, also for anyone else who wants as little particles inside their pc as possible like me, i would recommend getting a dust cover to throw over it when its not in use to stop any floating dust getting blown around from your homes HVAC system falling inside your pc (then again im also super OCD about keeping my pc clean soooo)

[iheartedmedmlife]

thanks man..this is my first gaming pc and this has been stressing me out since its like 4 months old now